Money is hard to make, keep, and control— and almost everyone gets it wrong sometimes. Now, ex-Wall Street trader Jared Dillian and his co-host Cameron, are here to help you navigate your money and take control of your financial future.
Value for money is something to consider in fast food. Unless you want to bring your lunch every day and never leave your desk, Chipotle is a...
The Only Solution for Student Loans
College is so expensive that it is “the personal finance issue of our time,” according to Jared. Today, he shares the only solution for the issue...
How to Make Your Credit Score Go Up
If the term “credit score” sends a shiver up your spine, then you need to press play. Jared shares why it’s important to monitor your score, as...
Let’s Not Tell Elizabeth Warren What Comes After a Trillion
Elizabeth Warren says her $52 trillion healthcare plan will be funded by taxes—but Jared lays out why that’s pretty much impossible. Also...
Getting out of the Scarcity Mentality
Instead of slicing and dicing the pie, why not make it bigger? Jared pulls from his past experience to share the futility of extreme budgeting, a...
How Productive Is Your Free Time?
The most important decision you’ll make in your entire life is what to do with the next 24 hours. And while it’s crucial to relax, you can...
The one thing people want to do when they get rich? According to Jared, it’s getting a second home. But should you? While Jared understands the...
How You Can Lower Your Mortgage Payments
There’s no such a thing as a free lunch, but you can get a discount. There are legal, non-scammy ways to lower your mortgage payments—most people...
Starting your investing career? Jared gives you the basics on ETFs and mutual funds to help you to determine what works for you as an investor. And...
Solid financial advice
Jared has a way of weaving together advice and life stories to help you make good financial decisions and make you laugh at the same time!
Get Smart
Great insights into current events and the financial implications involved. Be Smart makes you a smarter person and investor.
Be Smart Podcast
Great use of 30 min each week. Gives great financial advice much more realistic than Dave Ramsey.
Good, not enough of it.
Great podcast, good information and humor. He’s a straight shooter and gives solid advice.
To the point without economic BS
Raw and on point with entertaining sarcasm.
Worth your time
One of the few professionals worth listening to.
Fantastic!
Jared is a rarity—incredibly insightful and informed in all facets of the financial markets and personal finance, yet extremely entertaining!
This guy is smart! Learning a ton
Big fan of these short 10‒20-minute lessons on money and life. Relatable if you make $50K or $500K a year. Wish I would have found this one sooner.
This podcast is phenomenal
Sometimes the truth is harsh. What makes this show so unique is that Jared embraces this mantra and tells you exactly how it is.
What a goldmine
I just discovered this show and it’s my new favorite. I love Jared Dillan’s writing and investment guidance, and these podcasts are now adding even more pearls of wisdom.
Love this guy
Jared has got a rare authenticity that cuts through the minutiae.
Awesome Pod! Great Therapy!
As a career investment advisor, I listen to Dillian to relax and keep my head from exploding.
On point
Outstanding, informative, and entertaining.
Entertaining and informative
Love the info which is spot on and delivery is great!
Great content
Great listen, great insight… A++
Great Podcast
Excellent content and entertaining. Thank you
Episode 392: All Eyes on the Fed: How Much Will It Cut Rates?
In this episode of the BE SMART podcast, Jared and Cameron discuss a range of topics, including the upcoming launch of Jared’s book NIGHT MOVES,...
Episode 391: Apple Intelligence, Trump & Musk, and Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains
In the first trading week of September, the S&P 500 fell 4.2%, the monthly jobs report showed the labor market added fewer jobs than expected, and...
Jared and Cameron discuss Jared’s upcoming short story collection, NIGHT MOVES, before diving into commodities and skepticism toward Goldman...
Episode 389: J-Hole, the VIX, Price Gouging, and Teaching Personal Finance in Schools
In this episode of the BE SMART podcast, Jared and Cameron discuss various topics, including key market headlines, such as the upcoming Jackson Hole...
Episode 388: The Big Short 2.0: How to Prepare for the $8 Trillion Private Equity Meltdown
The collapse of the real estate market in 2008 nearly brought the global economy to its knees, but a few saw it as an opportunity to change their...
On Monday, the Dow dropped 2.6%, the Nasdaq lost 3.43%, and the S&P 500 slid 3%. The Dow and S&P 500 registered their biggest daily losses since...